By the time my fiancé was waiting for me to sign an agreement to prove my innocence, I was already accepting my offer from the University of Chicago.
He was convinced I couldn’t bear to give up the wedding.
That I couldn’t part with his house.
And that, most of all, I could never walk away from marrying into his wealthy family.
So six weeks before the wedding, he allowed his late wife’s sister to put me through one final “loyalty test” in front of everyone.
What they didn’t know was that when I clicked to confirm my acceptance, the hesitation lasted only a few seconds.
Those few seconds weren’t for him.
They were for the four years I’d just realized I’d wasted.
He Tested Me With Prenup I Left Him With Regret Chapter 33 The following spring, I was promoted to head of the museum’s digital archives department. On my desk that first day sat two drawings. One was of the library from many years ago. The other was of the doors of the Chicago History Museum.
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He Tested Me With Prenup I Left Him With Regret Chapter 32 When Lucy graduated from high school, she mailed me an invitation. She had invited Grant, too. “If you don’t want to come, I’ll understand,” she said on the phone. “If you do come, I promise you won’t have to sit together.” I laughed.
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He Tested Me With Prenup I Left Him With Regret Chapter 31 Colton’s public correction stayed up for a full year. Several times he tried to delete it, and each time the family trust’s lawyers made him restore it. The people who had once placed bets alongside him, now eager to distance themselves from responsibility,
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He Tested Me With Prenup I Left Him With Regret Chapter 30 She didn’t ask if I would ever take Grant back. And I didn’t treat her like a shadow of the man who had once been in my life. She was just Lucy. Before we left the restaurant, she pulled a new drawing from
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He Tested Me With Prenup I Left Him With Regret Chapter 29 That winter, the first exhibition I curated on my own officially opened. The theme was records of ordinary people in motion. Old train tickets, apartment leases, acceptance letters, work IDs. Papers that looked insignificant by themselves, but together became proof of a person
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He Tested Me With Prenup I Left Him With Regret Chapter 28 Maya had asked him that once. The judge had asked him, too. Now, it was his daughter. At last, Grant could no longer answer with “I was being influenced.” “Because I was afraid that one day, she might try to take things from
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He Tested Me With Prenup I Left Him With Regret Chapter 27 Grant learned from the lawyers that Lucy and Maya had resumed contact. The notice was only two lines long. [All contact was initiated independently by Lucy. Mr. Holloway may not participate, listen in, or use this as a means to pass along messages.]
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He Tested Me With Prenup I Left Him With Regret Chapter 26 She had once told me that when she grew up, she wanted to go with me to see the biggest library in the world. I gave my answer to my lawyer. “You can arrange one video call.” “Does Grant need to be present?”
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He Tested Me With Prenup I Left Him With Regret Chapter 25 Three months after the restraining order took effect, my lawyer received a letter. The handwriting on the envelope was familiar. The childish strokes were steadier than I remembered, and in the lower right corner, there was only one name. Lucy. My lawyer asked,
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He Tested Me With Prenup I Left Him With Regret Chapter 24 Colton cut him off sharply. “Have you lost your mind?” “I’m just done erasing what people actually did.” Grant held up the old expense ledger to the camera. “When Maya left, she repaid every cent I had ever spent on her.” Then he
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